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Slain cop's colleagues overcome with emotion at wake

Officers who wouldn't flinch when facing down New York City's most ferocious criminals wept into handkerchiefs like young boys Tuesday as they stood over an open casket and looked at the calm countenance of one of their own fallen brethren.

Women wailed after filing past the coffin bearing the body of Omar Edwards, 25, who was shot by one of his own Thursday night as he tried to catch a man...

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